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Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Gabriel Garcia Marquez (6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian writer and Nobel laureate. Best-known works include One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Autumn of the Patriarch, Love in the Time of Cholera and Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Honours include Neustadt International Prize for Literature, Rómulo Gallegos Prize and Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service.

The Bookish Elf has reviewed 1 book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, mostly classic literature and historical fiction, published by Editorial Sudamericana, Harper & Row (US) Jonathan Cape (UK), first published in 1967.

Born 6 March 1927, AracatacaFrom Colombia

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Books reviewed1

Our average4.5★from 1 rated

Our review

One Hundred Years of Solitude1967 · ★ 4.5

GenresClassic Literature 1 Historical Fiction 1PublishersEditorial Sudamericana, Harper & Row (US) Jonathan Cape (UK)

Awards & honours

10 recorded

Rómulo Gallegos Prize1972Nobel Prize in Literature1982Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service1980

Literary prizes

Nobel Prize in Literature 1982Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service 1980Rómulo Gallegos Prize 1972Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral 1993Neustadt International Prize for Literature 1971Simón Bolívar award

Honours & fellowships

Order of Honour 2012Order of the Aztec Eagle 1982Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour 1981Commander of the Legion of Honour 1980

Books

1 book

One Hundred Years of Solitude1967 · ★ 4.5

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